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> but I have no
> idea what the name of the PM of the UK is...
Now there really is no excuse for that one...
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:56:26 +0100, "Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
>Let's quote John Donne
I somehow don't think that quoting a Jacobean poet however relevant will
illustrate what you mean.
Andrew, or do you prefer Andy? Do you understand what people are trying to say
to you? Could you summarise it?
Odds of a mars bar to anything this is ignored.
Regards
Stephen
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Gilles Tran <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Let's quote John Donne, fellow brothers: "No man is an island, entire of
> itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main".
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile." ;)
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- Warp
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And lo on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:32:04 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tag povrayorg> did
spake, saying:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> I'm aware Apple is trying really hard to tell the iPhone. I haven't
>> heard anybody with anything nice to say about it, so I had presumed that
>> it's not doing too well...
>
> Yeah. The Time Magazine naming it invention of the year,
Oo did they have Putin, their man of the year, holding it?
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Phil Cook
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http://flipc.blogspot.com
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> Gilles Tran <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> Let's quote John Donne, fellow brothers: "No man is an island, entire of
>> itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main".
>
> "We are the Borg. Resistance is futile." ;)
True. Perhaps someone should just collect Andrew's darnest quotes and put
them on a webpage somewhere to preserve them for the posterity.
In fact, perhaps Andrew himself could put them on his blog, that would sure
get him some readers and drive traffic to his site, up to the point he'd be
able to make a living from out of selling ad space ;) (I'm only half-joking,
because he's actually good at writing and one could put a positive spin at
stuff like "I never heard of this Steve Jobs fellow and really don't care").
G.
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Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> Oo did they have Putin, their man of the year, holding it?
Their "man of the year" doesn't mean "the person who has made most good
in the world", but "the person who has been most significant in the world,
who has had most impact", in good or bad.
In the year 1938 they chose Adolph Hitler as the person of the year,
and in the year 1939 Joseph Stalin. Not because they did something good
for the world, but because they were considered some of the most influential
persons (in good or bad).
You are clearly trying to diminish the importance of Time Magazine's
titles by implying that the choice of Putin as person of the year shows
some kind of incompetence, but it only shows that you don't understand
what they mean by "person of the year".
--
- Warp
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:56:26 +0100, "Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>you, and the occasional pair of mammaries that floats, sadly out of reach,
>in your field of vision.
Damn! I just shot coffee out of my nose. That was funny.
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And lo on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:57:24 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did
spake, saying:
> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>> Oo did they have Putin, their man of the year, holding it?
>
> Their "man of the year" doesn't mean "the person who has made most good
> in the world", but "the person who has been most significant in the
> world,
> who has had most impact", in good or bad.
>
> In the year 1938 they chose Adolph Hitler as the person of the year,
> and in the year 1939 Joseph Stalin. Not because they did something good
> for the world, but because they were considered some of the most
> influential
> persons (in good or bad).
>
> You are clearly trying to diminish the importance of Time Magazine's
> titles by implying that the choice of Putin as person of the year shows
> some kind of incompetence, but it only shows that you don't understand
> what they mean by "person of the year".
Actually I do, and by that measure making the iPhone the invention of the
year doesn't necessarily make it any good, or popular, or used.
--
Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> Actually I do, and by that measure making the iPhone the invention of the
> year doesn't necessarily make it any good, or popular, or used.
I'm not saying you are this kind of person, but I have noticed that
there are many people who, for whatever reason I cannot really comprehend,
vehemently oppose Apple and its innovations by principle.
When I made a comment about Apple's new laptop in an IRC channel,
immediately one person jumped out with completely negative responses
about it. When I presented some innovative and cool features of that
laptop and other Apple products, he attacked each one of them ferociously
and vehemently, trying to diminish every single feature and innovation.
And mind you, this was *not* a Windows user or Microsoft fan.
In my experience this kind of negative attitude towards Apple and most
of its products and innovations seems rather puzzling. It raises the big
question of why. The amount of opposition against Apple and its products
with these people even surpasses the amount and strength of the opposition
against Microsoft's products by the most fanatic linux advocates. Not even
the most fanatic of them care to go through Microsoft's products and point
by point crush anything that could be good or innovative about them (but
the more typical behavior is to simply bash Microsoft's products in a way
more general way).
In my experience it's more usual that precisely *linux* people oppose
Apple more vehemently than Windows people (the latter usually have more
of an attitude like "yeah, sounds cool, but I'm not really interested",
aside from the typical myths which are no longer true).
I just can't understand why this is. Is it bad that another company
besides Microsoft is getting some market share? Is it bad that there's
a company which really tries to make a difference, which tries to be
innovative? Is it bad that Microsoft is getting serious competition?
I get the feeling that in some cases these people seem to think that
linux (and open source software in general) should have the exclusive
right to compete against Microsoft.
--
- Warp
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And lo on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:00:28 -0000, scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> did
spake, saying:
>> but I have no idea what the name of the PM of the UK is...
>
> Now there really is no excuse for that one...
Especially when it makes such a good song
Gordon Brown taxes us all. Sets us up to take the fall. Throughout the
night. No way to fight. We'll all just drown with Gordon Brown.
Okay without cheating (honest)
UK: Brown himself duh.
US: Bush duh.
Veneuzala: Chavez
Zimbabwe: Mugabe
Pakistan: Moustachio er Musharaf
North Korea: Kim in Pajamas, oo I am so on his list now. Kim Jong Il
France: Um yeah, bloke who beat the women in the election, met Bush. S...?
No sorry
Russia: Pooty Putin.
Iran: I could pick his face out of a line-up, but as to name...? Nope.
Okay not good, but a) I'm really not good with names anyway, and b) If you
said how could you not know ? was the head of ? I'd be thumping my
forehead and saying yes of course it is for quite a few others.
Then again I do know who Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Richard Stallman, and Tim
Berners-Lee are.
--
Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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